[Peter W. Kessler]

Delahunt throws in the towel.

[highlander_UW]

Rats fleeing a sinking ship...the SS Obama.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Communist abandoning ship!

[dennisw]

Delahunt is retiring due to sickness. The voters are sick of him

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

This is the least Democratic district in Massachusetts. With no incumbent running, a Republican has a real shot here.

[PGalt]

Some of the collectivists/statists/progressives/criminals should be allowed to resign and go back to their families.

Others...

[MovementConservative]

He says in a statement that "he's been "wrestling with this decision for a while."

Translation: He was emptying his campaign coffers with lavish dinners and paying out exhorbitant money to family members in the last year. He was making no secret he was not seeking re-election. He didn't even try to raise money in the 4th quarter.

[Salvation]

**seven-term Democrat **

Can another Republican be elected in MA? Double victory of a sort?

[bolobaby]

Steve walks warily down the street, his brim pulled way down low...

[Theodore R.]

Does this mean anything?

[SoldierDad]

Considering the numbers of congress criters who have announced that they will not seek reelection, someone should look into what committees they serve on - perhaps there is some information out there in la la land that is leading them to make the decision to get out of politics?

[gakrak]

And another one bites the dust Boom Boom. Amen.

[Jet Jaguar]

Chickenbutt

[FormerACLUmember]

Obama threatened to support him, so Dogwonthunt knew he was doomed.

[Secret Agent Man]

Define “awhile”. Probably since healthcare became a huge issue and Obama wants all the dems to fall on their swords so he can have a nice Stalinist legacy.

[Hoodat]

Our current Congress knows that America is slipping into insolvency, and that there will be no fun in being a legislator in the near future since there will be no money to spend. We have gotten to that point which Margaret Thatcher described as “running out of other people’s money”. The next Congress will have to make some Draconian spending cuts in order for America to survive. The ones leaving now (Republican and Democrat alike) are a bunch of gutless cowards who don’t want to face up to the catastrophe they have created. Come to think of it, the ones who aren’t retiring are a bunch of cowards as well.

[aruanan]

He says in a statement that "he's been "wrestling with this decision for a while."

He says in a statement that "he's been "wrestling with this decision ever since Pelosi, Reid, and Obama have been destroying, with the help of the Democrat Party in Congress, the chances of ever getting elected again."

[Candor7]

The rats have discovered that the Dem party is now the nationalist socialist party of an Obama proposed 4th Reich.

The shock of this discovery makes them bail.

[Art in Idaho]

[Soul Seeker]

usually my response is that the cowards should stop fleeing and face the voter revolt. In his case, I’d rather he face an interrogation over what happened with Amy.

[Brad from Tennessee]

When the going gets tough the tough get going.